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On
27 August 2008, CCRR conveyed a workshop in cooperation with the
Directorate for Tribal Affairs. The meeting was hold in the premises
of the charitable Society “Beit al-Masinin” in Jenin and was
attended by the Mufti of Jenin, Sheikh Muhammad Sa’eed Salah, the
Director of Islamic Affairs, Sheikh Zaid Zakarneh, the Director of
Tribal Affairs in Jenin, Mr. Bassam Kamil, as well as 30
participants, among them several sheikhs and specialists in the
field of religion.
The
workshop was the second event organized by CCRR in the framework of
the
interfaith dialogue project, after the meeting with Sheikhs on
the same subject, organized by CCRR on 8 July 2008, in cooperation
with “Al-Mustaqbal – Palestinian Future Society for Democracy and
Development” in Nablus.
The aim
of both meetings was to discuss how Islam is seeing the other
religions from the perspective of its own traditions and in the
context of the daily life and the political situation in Palestine.
The participants discussed the general situation of Islam,
especially in regard to the mostly negative perception that is
nowadays present in the West and misused for political and military
operations in the region. The issue of Muslim-Christian coexistence
in the Palestinian context was also addressed, as well as the
challenges of the relationship with Judaism under the shadow of the
Israeli occupation. Another part of the workshops was allocated to
the question of how the sheikhs thought that the Christians and Jews
from the region perceived Islam, his traditions and teachings.
CCRR
was pleased by the high attendance to these meetings and the lively
and interesting exchanges that took place during them. The
participants underlined the importance to exchange on religious
matters with regard to a unified religious position in Palestine and
expressed the desire to have more opportunities to meet with other
Sheikhs in Palestine. It was also stated that it would be beneficial
to have meetings with representatives from the other religions.
The
interfaith project started in January 2008 and will be running
for three years.
External links: Coverage on
Maan News Network and
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